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Update: Paramedic Shot In Mingo County; Name Released - West Virginia
A paramedic with Stat
Ambulance in Williamson was shot in the hand while on the job Tuesday
night
Scott Thacker, the Operations
Manager with Stat Ambulance, tells WSAZ.com, the incident happened along
Little Oak Street around 11:30 p.m. after a motorist parked along the
street flagged the ambulance crew down.
Thacker
says Ricky Carey, 50, got out of the ambulance and walked up to the car
where a gun was pointed at him.
He says as Carey tried to push the
gun away, he was shot in the hand.
Thacker says Carey is being
transferred to a Huntington hospital where he will undergo surgery for
the wound. He says Carey is in stable condition.
Thacker says Williamson City
Police and WV State Police investigating the shooting.
No word on a motive for the
shooting. Also no description on the suspect.
Carey has been with the ambulance
company for seven years
Williamson Police Chief , Roby
Pope says he will not release any information on the incident until
Wednesday afternoon due to the officers who responded to the call being
off duty Wednesday morning
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Aug 19, 2010,
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